Gene, I would say your rather convoluted explanation above, is what will confuse the OP. Mine was a generic analogy and if you are so concerned about his Op being about Gen 4, why are you bringing up Dan, Matt, John and Rom?
What exactly do you think Abel sacrificed, a lamb or a kid? Is that a sheep or a goat? The curse was to Adam and I don't see it as being one that Genesis shows is transferred to other generations. That Cain and Abel KNEW what was right to do, is NOT hard to understand, given their parents ate from the TOKOGAE and would have passed that knowledge on to their sons.
Sheep and goats are NOT representative of those who helped Jews, because ALL the world goes through the tribulation. The Jews will be all saved by the witness of the 144,000 male virgin believers from the 12 tribes of Israel, as depicted in Rev. 7 and 14 during the tribulation.
What Matthew 25 is, if OFF topic, and NOT what you indicate. Please don't hijack the OPs thread. If you want to know about Matt 25 start your own thread about it.
Stan said and I quote him for correctness because when I first read this I could not believe it, but there it is in black and white...............................
" The curse was to Adam and I don't see it as being one that Genesis shows is transferred to other generations."
Are you kidding me Stan?????
On another thread, there was a lot of time demanding what false teachings existed on this site .............
well HERE IT IS!!!!
The failure of Adam to resist the temptation of the serpent in the Garden of Eden had a catastrophic effect not only on coming generations of mankind, but also on all of creation.
Romans 8:22 says..........
"Because of the fall of Adam, " The
whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now".
Notice Romans 8:21 .........
and is in the "bondage of corruption".
We can easily observe the world around us and human society in particular and see that something is terribly wrong. The Fall of Adam as recorded in Genesis 3 tells us the reason!
I can not believe anyone would question the fall of man by saying the Actions of Adam were not transferred to other generations! ALL of Creation groans not just man.
Romans 3:23 says.............
"ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God".
WE all groan because of the fall of Adam..
What we are talking about is
original sin doctrine. That doctrine is shared in one form or another by most all Christian churches, and it is that the sin of Adam & Eve changed or damaged human nature, such that all human beings since then are innately predisposed to sin, and are powerless to overcome this predisposition without divine intervention.
Romans 5:14-17.............
"Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of Adam’s offense, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification. For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ".